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post #21 of 28
8/27/05 at 7:56pm
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Originally Posted by Revenent
1. You know, Windows Messenger has the option of not starting up when Windows starts up. Go under Tool | Options.

2. If you're really set on removing it, just go to Add or Remove Programs -> Add/Remove Windows Components, then scroll to the bottom and deselect Windows Messenger.

But make sure you close down Windows Messenger before you do the uninstall.
1. It still manages to get in there and be annoying. I don't know why, but this doesn't always work.

2. I believe this just removes the shortcut.
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post #22 of 28
8/27/05 at 8:02pm
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Originally Posted by YinYang
Could you be more specific?
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post #23 of 28
8/27/05 at 8:03pm
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Originally Posted by MitchellO
1. It still manages to get in there and be annoying. I don't know why, but this doesn't always work.

2. I believe this just removes the shortcut.
It depends on what other programs you're running.

Outlook has this interesting option to enable Messenger Status support - and that might pull Messenger in.

I'm not sure if Outlook Express has anything like that, since I don't use it.

Other programs may do similar things - check to see if they have the ability to disable Messenger integration.

And yes, you may be right - I don't use Windows Messenger much, after upgrading to Office Communicator (required by work).

You can try these to see if this helps: http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;302089
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;328326
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post #24 of 28
8/27/05 at 8:20pm
Thats it!!! Outlook 2003 starts it! I used to use outlook, and that would be why that method never worked for me. I don't use outlook much anymore (prefer the Gmail interface), but I still use the Rundll32 remove command.

Cheers
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post #25 of 28
8/27/05 at 8:24pm
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Originally Posted by MitchellO
Thats it!!! Outlook 2003 starts it! I used to use outlook, and that would be why that method never worked for me. I don't use outlook much anymore (prefer the Gmail interface), but I still use the Rundll32 remove command.

Cheers
For Outlook 2003: Tools | Options -> Other -> Display Messenger Status in the From field.

Try unchecking that, closing Outlook, then closing down Messenger.

Then re-open Outlook and see if Messenger activates.
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post #26 of 28
8/27/05 at 9:12pm
I don't use outlook for anything other than keeping a backup of my PDA calender, so it doesn't bother me anymore.

Besides, I have removed the Windows Messenger infestation all together I use MSN Messenger 7.5 (with mess.be patch)
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post #27 of 28
8/28/05 at 6:38pm
Oooh! Nice info!
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post #28 of 28
8/28/05 at 6:44pm
I just delete it...
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